Slide loop



G. H. ELWELL SLIDE LOOP Aug. 21, 1945.

Filed Aug. 9, 1943 INVE TOR Patented Aug. 21, 1945 SLIDE L001.

George Henry, Elwell, New Haven, Conn., assignor to Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company, Bloomfield, N. 1., a corporation Application August 9, 1943, Serial No. 4537,9118 2 Claims. (01.24-73) body part of the device without the pivotal memher; and Figure is an enlarged side view in cross-sectionon the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

With more particular reference to the accompanying drawing, the numeral I designates the body part of thedevice with rounded edges and having within its face 2 an opening 3 communieating with a loop 4 adapted to receive and retain a button (not illustrated) insertible from the rear within the opening 3. The body part I, bordering the opening 3 is provided with the integrally inturned teeth 5 rearwardly projecting therefrom. At both sides of the upper rear portion of the body unit I are integrally provided the brackets 6 and I bent in alignment, one with the other, in a common plane, spaced from and parallel with said rear, as illustrated by the Figure 4 toprovidebetween the plane of. said brackets 6 and I and the rear of said body part I a vertical passage 9 for the insertion of a strap S.

At the rear of the body part I is a pivotally movable part comprising the bar Ill, pivotally secured by one end to the bracket 6 having the bore 8 by means of a suitable fastening pin 8' secured therethrough, the lower portion of the passage 9, the bar I0 may be released from the bar I0 at the opposite end thereof having, the

inwardly bent and backwardly extending clasp II in a plane parallelly spaced therefrom, while intermediate the length of the bar I0 is provided the inwardly bent flange I2 integral therewith.

In use, to admit the strap S within said vertical strap passage 9, the bar I0 is made to asspaced parts of the clasp I.I straddle the adjacent bracket 7, thus securing the bar ID to thebrackets 6 and I so that itsflanged portion I2 projects into the opening 3 and against the rear surface of the strap 8 to depress into contact with the teeth 5 along the lines S shown in the Figure 1. To readjust the strap S within. the

with, said face, said brackets extending towardv bracket 1 during the adjustment. The engagement between the clasp II and the bracket 1 maintains the bar It) rigidly in its proper position,

and the relative pulling stress between the button engaged device and the strap S cooperates to maintain the closed position of the bar I 0.

While the device as illustrated shows a sheetstock structure, yet in its manufacture the invention is not confined to such sheet-stock; for it is conceivable that the body part I thereof might be made of wire, if desired. Also the flange I2 may be provided with teeth in addition, orvin place of, the teeth 5.

I I claim:

l. A slide loop comprising a body and a part relatively movable therewith, the body having a flat face provided with an opening therethrough; side brackets provided by said body and spaced from the rear of, and parallel with, said face, said brackets extending toward one another and,

with the rear surface of said body, providing a strap passage; a movable bar pivotally supported at one end by one of said brackets, andthe bar at its opposite end being provided with means adapted to lock the bar against upward movement relative to the other of said brackets; a

ing position of saidbar, projecting into the upper portion of said opening; anda strap in a vertical plane withinsaid passage and, in part, adapted to be rearwardly o-fi-set into another vertical plane by said flange projected into said opening adjacent an edge thereof.

2. A slide loop comprising a body and a part relatively movable therewith, the body having a flat face provided with an opening therethrough; rearwardly bent teeth provided by the upper edge of said opening; side brackets provided by said body and spaced from the rear of, and parallel one another and, together with the rear surface of said face, providing a strappassage; a movable bar pivotally supported at one end by one of said brackets, and the bar at its opposite end being provided with means adapted to lock the bar againstupward movement relative to the other or said brackets; a flange provided at the lower edge of said bar, said flange, in bracket connecting position of said bar, projecting into the upper portion of said opening adjacent said teeth; and

a strap positioned in a vertical plane within said passage and having a part rearwardly off-set into another vertical plane by said projected flange in said bracket connected position of said bar and in contact with said teeth.

GEORGE HENRY ELWELL. 

